About the Shared Storage Option (SSO) with NetBackup for NDMP

The following figure shows a robotic library on a SAN that can share its drives between two NetBackup for NDMP servers and two NDMP hosts. Drive sharing requires a license for the Shared Storage Option. A SAN is not required.

Figure: NDMP backup using Shared Storage Option

For each robot, either a NetBackup media server or an NDMP server (not both) can handle robotic control.